‘It’s appalling’: OC Education Board Member Calls Out Teacher Who Instructed Students to Pledge Allegiance to Gay Pride Flag

“I urge all men and women of faith to band together and oppose this tyrannical evil of critical theories being promoted by ungodly men and women.”

QUICK FACTS:
  • Dr. Ken Williams—a member on the Orange County Board of Education—told American Faith that he was “appalled” when he learned a teacher within the Newport-Mesa Unified School District had taken down the American flag in her classroom and suggested her students instead pledge allegiance to the gay pride flag.
  • The Newport-Mesa teacher, Kristin Pitzen, posted a TikTok video (below) in which she can be seen explaining how she tells her students to “stand if you feel like it—don’t stand if you feel like it. Say the words if you want—[you] don’t have to say the words.”
  • Mrs. Pitzen also told her audience that she had taken down the American flag “because it made me uncomfortable.”
  • Dr. Williams insisted that “what this woman did needs to be known publicly.”
  • “I am just appalled by this public school teacher’s arrogance and anti-Americanism,” Dr. Williams went on to say. “She obviously believes in politically indoctrinating children within the public school system with Marxist Critical Theory.”
  • “She should be dismissed or transferred somewhere she can’t influence the hearts and minds of children.”
DR. WILLIAMS CALLS ON LOCAL PARENTS TO ACT:
  • “I urge all men and women of faith to band together and oppose this tyrannical evil of critical theories being promoted by ungodly men and women,” said Dr. Williams.
  • “Mrs. Pitzen is employed by the Newport-Mesa unified school district. So, the best thing local parents can do is attend a regular board meeting at Newport-Mesa Unified School District during which multiple people make public statements demanding her resignation.”
  • The next board meeting will take place on September 14, 2021, according to the district’s online Board Meeting Calendar and the contact information for all of the Newport-Mesa board members can be found here.
  • The Executive Assistant Confidential for Newport-Mesa, Rosy Amezcua, can be contacted at 714-424-5030 and ramezcua@nmusd.us.

Jon Fleetwood is Managing Editor for American Faith.

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